A YPG leader in a piece for FP says he is proud to have a photo of Ocalan on his desk, and how Ocalan's views are how Rojava is governed and how he don't deny that the PKK like the YPG also traces its way of thinking to Ocalan. Saying, still, the PKK performs Ocalan's teaching differently & the YPG don't allow the PKK to use Rojava against Turkey stating the YPG can share a founding philosophical father w/ the PKK w/o being the same org as them.

Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany may move its soldiers to another country if Ankara does not grant permission to members of the German parliament’s defense committee to visit staff currently serving in a NATO mission at İncirlik Airbase in southern Turkey.

Turkey’s prominent intellectuals have called on the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to end a state of emergency, also known as OHAL, in the country, which was declared in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15.